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Top Films from Selected Art Directors

Richard Day

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 40
2 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 John Ford 102
3 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Elia Kazan 145
4 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 417
5 The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 William A. Wellman 525
6 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 540
7 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 698
8 Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 John Ford 725
9 Force of Evil 1948 Abraham Polonsky 891
10 Stella Dallas 1937 King Vidor 938
11 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1307
12 The Mark of Zorro 1940 Rouben Mamoulian 1710
13 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, and Toshio Masuda 1760
14 The Wedding March 1928 Erich von Stroheim 1936
15 Dead End 1937 William Wyler 1990
16 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 Sidney Lanfield 2301

Hans Dreier

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 33
2 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 41
3 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 56
4 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 125
5 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 138
6 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 305
7 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 356
8 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 380
9 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 437
10 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 Preston Sturges 487
11 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 515
12 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 622
13 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 631
14 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 874
15 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Preston Sturges 975
16 Wings 1927 William A. Wellman 1091
17 Midnight 1939 Mitchell Leisen 1177
18 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 1212
19 Going My Way 1944 Leo McCarey 1314
20 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 1398
21 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey 1452
22 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1457
23 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 1781
24 The Great McGinty 1940 Preston Sturges 1841
25 Island of Lost Souls 1932 Erle C. Kenton 1877
26 For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943 Sam Wood 1946
27 Beau Geste 1939 William A. Wellman 2147
28 Samson and Delilah 1949 Cecil B. DeMille 2255
29 The Love Parade 1929 Ernst Lubitsch 2285
30 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2288
31 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2363

Cedric Gibbons

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 5
2 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 6
3 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 109
4 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 209
5 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 226
6 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 229
7 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 237
8 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 253
9 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 289
10 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 340
11 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 358
12 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 381
13 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 409
14 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 447
15 The Big Parade 1925 King Vidor 461
16 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 472
17 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 506
18 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 558
19 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 580
20 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 639
21 National Velvet 1944 Clarence Brown 657
22 Camille 1936 George Cukor 681
23 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 779
24 Woman of the Year 1942 George Stevens 827
25 The Women 1939 George Cukor 835
26 Grand Hotel 1932 Edmund Goulding 911
27 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 923
28 Mrs. Miniver 1942 William Wyler 949
29 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 990
30 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 1062
31 Pat and Mike 1952 George Cukor 1105
32 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 1115
33 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 1137
34 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 Vincente Minnelli 1190
35 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 1263
36 Pride and Prejudice 1940 Robert Z. Leonard 1277
37 A Day at the Races 1937 Sam Wood 1385
38 Father of the Bride 1950 Vincente Minnelli 1372
39 They Were Expendable 1945 John Ford 1405
40 Easter Parade 1948 Charles Walters 1437
41 Lust for Life 1956 Vincente Minnelli 1525
42 The Red Badge of Courage 1951 John Huston 1554
43 Blackboard Jungle 1955 Richard Brooks 1556
44 The Great Ziegfeld 1936 Robert Z. Leonard 1562
45 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 1620
46 Battleground 1949 William A. Wellman 1707
47 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 1728
48 The Merry Widow 1934 Ernst Lubitsch 1734
49 Lassie Come Home 1943 Fred M. Wilcox 1787
50 Anna Karenina 1935 Clarence Brown 1789
51 San Francisco 1936 W.S. Van Dyke 1854
52 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 1871
53 Annie Get Your Gun 1950 George Sidney 1993
54 The Pirate 1948 Vincente Minnelli 2027
55 State of the Union 1948 Frank Capra 2081
56 Random Harvest 1942 Mervyn LeRoy 2097
57 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 2112
58 Hallelujah! 1929 King Vidor 2116
59 Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956 Robert Wise 2169
60 Thirty Seconds over Tokyo 1944 Mervyn LeRoy 2284
61 The Champ 1931 King Vidor 2307
62 Naughty Marietta 1935 Robert Z. Leonard and W.S. Van Dyke 2311
63 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 2344
64 Angels in the Outfield 1951 Clarence Brown 2386
65 Love Me or Leave Me 1955 Charles Vidor 2392

Hal Pereira

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 11
2 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 34
3 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 41
4 Shane 1953 George Stevens 200
5 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 203
6 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 288
7 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 300
8 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 403
9 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 569
10 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 711
11 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 723
12 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 724
13 The Big Carnival 1951 Billy Wilder 728
14 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 791
15 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 809
16 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 895
17 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1059
18 One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando 1513
19 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1517
20 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1557
21 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1580
22 The Greatest Show on Earth 1952 Cecil B. DeMille 1583
23 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 John Sturges 1939
24 Fear Strikes Out 1957 Robert Mulligan 2223
25 Will Penny 1968 Tom Gries 2267
26 The Bellboy 1960 Jerry Lewis 2336
27 El Dorado 1966 Howard Hawks 2365

Lyle R. Wheeler

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 17
2 All about Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 37
3 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 214
4 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 225
5 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 259
6 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 263
7 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 514
8 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 519
9 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 675
10 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 719
11 The Seven Year Itch 1955 Billy Wilder 817
12 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Henry King 1002
13 Gentleman's Agreement 1947 Elia Kazan 1064
14 Carousel 1956 Henry King 1162
15 The Gunfighter 1950 Henry King 1203
16 Kiss of Death 1947 Henry Hathaway 1312
17 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 Elia Kazan 1384
18 South Pacific 1958 Joshua Logan 1391
19 The Diary of Anne Frank 1959 George Stevens 1427
20 Bigger Than Life 1956 Nicholas Ray 1461
21 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1487
22 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 John Cromwell 1519
23 The Girl Can't Help It 1956 Frank Tashlin 1576
24 Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Preston Sturges 1605
25 The Robe 1953 Henry Koster 1645
26 Nothing Sacred 1937 William A. Wellman 1880
27 A Star Is Born 1937 William A. Wellman 2159
28 It Happens Every Spring 1949 Lloyd Bacon 2180
29 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 John M. Stahl 2194
30 The Fly 1958 Kurt Neumann 2198
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